Artist s box



(No Model.)

G. STIRRUP.

ARTISTS BOX.

Patented Sept. 23, 1884.

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' GEORGE STIRRUP, on BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

A RTISTS BOX.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,5, dated September23, 1884.

Application filed May 27, 1884; (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE STIRRUP, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Artists Box, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the boXes whichartists use for carrying colortubes, brushes, water, 850.; and theinvention consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts, as hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figurel isa broken plan view of my new and improved artists box, thecover of the box be ing open. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevationof the same, taken on the line 00 w of Fig. 1; and Fig. 815 a detailedsectional elevation on line y g of Fig. 1, showing the construction ofthe trays for holding the colortubes.

The body A and cover B of the boX may be of the ordinary or of anyapproved construction. Rising from the bottom of the body .A are thepartitions b b,which divide the box A into the front compartment, 0, forwet brushes 0, the center compartment, d, for the bottles D or otherarticles, and the back compartment, 0, for receiving the color-tubes Eand tray J, (shown in Fig. 2,) and the central compartment, d, isdivided into small compartments, by the transverse partitions d d, forholding several bottles, I), as will be understood from Fig. 1. In thefront compartment, 0, is secured upon the bottom a the narrow metalstrip f, and the spring-claspsg are formed by bending short narrowstrips of spring metal into U shape, as shown in Fig. 2, the ends of thestrip of metal being bent outward, as shown at i i, so that by simplypressing the brush-handle down below the endsi i the sides of the .claspwill spread and admit the handle into the clasp. The clasps .are securedin place by simply soldering them in upright position to the bottom a.The strip f has as many small holes 2" iformed in it to receive thesmall ends of the brush-handles as there are spring-clasps 9, so that toplacea brush in the compartment 0 it is only necessary to slip the smallend of the brush-handle through one of the holes 1', and then to pressthe other end of the handle into the corresponding springclasp, g,whichwill hold the brush with perfect Security.

The partition 6 is narrower thanthe partition b,-so that it forms asupport for the re movable tray F, which is provided with the metalstrip h, like the strip f, and the springclasps j, like the clasps g,for holding the dry brushes G. The tray F is heldin place in the body Aby the lip 70, and the spring-catch Z, secured at opposite ends of thebody A, upon the inside, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

In the back compartment, 6, of the box is is placed in the centerthereof to leave the side 2 spaces, h 71., between the edges of thestrip H and the side walls of the said compartment, so that the foldedends of the color-tubes will not prevent the tubes from resting evenlyin the scallops m.

Above the corrugated plate 11 in the con1- partment e is placed theremovable tray J, which is supported upoh the lips o o, secured to theend walls of the body A, and this tray is held in place by thecentrally-placed springcatch 19, secured to the centerg'of the centralpartition, I), asshown in Figs. 1 and 2. The 1 tray J is also forholding color-tubes, as shown at E, Fig. 1, and it is provided with thestrip K, of sheet metal, which, like the stripgH, is corru gated to formthe sharp ridges q and the scallops q, for holding the color-tubes E,and the strip K, like the strip H, is narrower than the bottom of thetray, and is secured in the center thereof,"so'as to leave the Sidespaces, r r, so that the tubes IE" will always lie properly in thescallops q.

A cover, L, is hinged at s s to the body A,

' in the tray, and the cover L, when closed, are

held by the above-mentioned spring-catch p, as shown clearly in Fig. 2,so that this springcatch serves the double purpose of holding 1 both thetray J and the cover L in positio when the box is closed.

Thecover L is provided with the ring Z, for convenience in opening it,and the trays F J are provided with suitable rings, f j, respectively,for convenience in removing them from and replacing them in the trays.

, Constructed as described the box is very useful, and is well adaptedfor its purpose, and is cheap, and also easy and convenient to handle.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent' 1. In an artists box, the combination, with the trayF, provided with the perforatedstrips h and series of spring-clasps j,of the remov-.

said compartment 0, substantially withthe s'pring-clasps g, also securedin the as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with an artists box,

of the removable tray F, provided with the perforated strip h and seriesof spring-claspsj, for holding the brushes, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

5. The combination, with the removable tray J and cover L, of thecentrally-placed springcatch 1), arranged to hold both the tray and thecover in place, substantially as described.

6. An artists box constructed to form the compartment e, and having thecorrugated strip H, secured to the bottom of the box in said compartmente,substantially as described.

7. An artists box constructed to form the compartment 0, in combinationwith the corrugated strip H, secured to the bottom of the box in thecompartment 6, the strip H being narrower than the width of the'box,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. The artists box constructed to form the compartment e, in combinationwith the removable tray J, provided-with the corrugated plate K,substantially as described.

9. The combination, with an artistsbox, of the removable tray J,provided upon its upper surface with the corrugated plate K, madenarrower than the tray, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE STIRRUP.

Witnesses:

I JONATHAN BICKNELL,

J OHN W. STIRRUP.

